Is someone waging a global war on the genus Fraxinus?

Deadly ash tree disease spreads across the UK

New cases of ash dieback have been confirmed in six more counties across the UK, as experts warn there is little they can do to stop the spread of the disease threatening to devastate the UK’s ash trees.

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The disease is caused by a fungus called Chalara fraxinea, which grows in the dead stalk of the leaf during the summer. Researchers do not know where the disease originated from, and there are currently no effective strategies for managing the disease.

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Should ash trees be treated or removed?

A nice, big tree can be the glory of a home. It gives shade, softens edges, creates a magic green world beneath its canopy. We want it to live forever.

But what if it’s an ash? All around the Chicago area, thousands of ash trees are being killed by a horde of emerald ash borers, invasive insects that burrow under their bark. Experts agree that unless they are treated with insecticides to kill the borer larvae, most ash trees in the region will die.

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Fungi and insects - are these two of the pestilences of the Apocalypse?